John P. Hanson
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Colony Mars: The Complete Trilogy
- By: Gerald M. Kilby
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 339
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 294
How can a colony on Mars survive when the greatest danger on the planet is humanity itself? All contact is lost with the first privately funded colony on Mars during a long and destructive sandstorm. Satellite imagery of the aftermath shows extensive damage to the facility. The 54 colonists who called it home are presumed dead.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Misses the mark
- By Kevin Spudic on 08-11-19
- Colony Mars: The Complete Trilogy
- By: Gerald M. Kilby
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
Great concepts with mediocre to bad execution.
Reviewed: 06-11-24
Frustrating to listen to because of the low quality story telling. But interesting enough conceptually that I ordered the next three books.
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Project Management
- This Book Includes: Lean Guide + Agile Project Management. Practical Guide for Managing Projects, Productivity, Profits of Enterprises or Startups with Lean, Scrum, Agile. Bundle
- By: Jack Lead
- Narrated by: Kenneth Elliott
- Length: 22 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
Project Management - the complete audio guide that will change your way to do business! Includes two books: Lean Guide and Agile Project Management. If you want to start or restart your business, this audio guide is what you need!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible!
- By E. Baldwin on 09-23-22
- Project Management
- This Book Includes: Lean Guide + Agile Project Management. Practical Guide for Managing Projects, Productivity, Profits of Enterprises or Startups with Lean, Scrum, Agile. Bundle
- By: Jack Lead
- Narrated by: Kenneth Elliott
Author is the same guy that wrote all the 5* revie
Reviewed: 08-17-22
This book was not written by a human. It’s like those really terrible YouTube videos ready by AI voices in weird English. Ready all the five star ratings to get an idea of how it’s written. I returned after wasting a few hours of my life thinking that surely it will get better
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Honour this Day
- By: Alexander Kent
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
September 1804: England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, anticipating invasion. Vice-admiral Richard Bolitho has his own troubles to settle at home too. But his time on land is broken by an urgent summons from the King. Once more Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran 74-gun ship Hyperion and sets sail - this time with a new squadron headed for the Caribbean.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Why Has Jayston Changed Bolitho to Boleetho?
- By Frank F. Sommers IV on 12-05-18
- Honour this Day
- By: Alexander Kent
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
Incredibly disappointing
Reviewed: 09-30-20
Phoned in by author and narrator. Why change the pronunciation 15 books in. And did they stop using an editor?
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Colours Aloft
- By: Alexander Kent
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 102
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute, a French flagship taken in battle. With the Peace of Amiens in ruins, he must leave the safety of Falmouth. What lies ahead is the grim reality of war at close quarters - where Bolitho will be called upon to anticipate the overall intention of the French fleet. But the battle has also become a personal vendetta between himself and the French admiral who formerly sailed the Argonaute.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another top flight tale from Mr Kent!
- By Ray on 05-10-13
- Colours Aloft
- By: Alexander Kent
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
What is wrong with this book?
Reviewed: 09-21-20
This is the most disjointed and poorly written book in the series so far. I hope the rest of them aren’t like this. Why did they record this one but not the earlier books? Also a vice admiral of the red is a very serious rank so why does he mention it’s such a junior rank like three dozen times. The only thing worse than a poorly told story is one which has some much potential poorly done
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Originals
- How Non-Conformists Move the World
- By: Adam Grant, Sheryl Sandberg - foreword
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders, Susan Denaker
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,270
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,171
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,146
With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation’s most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but not science
- By Lloyd Fassett on 03-14-16
- Originals
- How Non-Conformists Move the World
- By: Adam Grant, Sheryl Sandberg - foreword
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders, Susan Denaker
Important book
Reviewed: 01-09-20
I read 60 books a year. I rarely write reviews but this book is one of the most important studies of change I’ve read. It is a must read.
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Wildside
- By: Steven Gould
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 242
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 242
Forget the lottery. Teenager Charlie Newell has just discovered something that will make him and his friends billionaires. What if a world existed in which no humans ever evolved? No cities. No pollution. No laws. A fantastic world filled with unimaginable riches in which everything - everything - was yours just for the taking?
Charlie has found that world. And he plans to use it to make him and his friends rich.There is a problem: How do you keep something this big a secret?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not bad-Not terrrific
- By colleen on 06-01-13
- Wildside
- By: Steven Gould
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
So much potential
Reviewed: 11-10-19
This story is amazing with so much potential but the execution is terrible. Where was the editor?
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Clockwork
- Design Your Business to Run Itself
- By: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,560
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,353
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,343
Do you worry that your business will collapse without your constant presence? Are you sacrificing your family, friendships, and freedom to keep your business alive? What if instead your business could run itself, freeing you to do what you love when you want, while it continues to grow and turn a profit? It's possible. And it's easier than you think.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I didn’t want to finish the last hour
- By Joey Caster on 09-22-18
- Clockwork
- Design Your Business to Run Itself
- By: Mike Michalowicz
- Narrated by: Mike Michalowicz
Great concept!
Reviewed: 08-24-18
Mike is one of the best business authors because like Dave Ramsey for consumers he creates easy to understand simplified concepts and explains them clearly while never deviating from the strategy. There aren’t a million subtle exceptions. This means the reader has to make the strategy fit their unique business, but because the strategies are so clear that is easy to do. Sometimes the humor goes a little to far off the deep end for me but that’s my only complaint.
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Fear the Future
- The Fear Saga, Book 3
- By: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 20 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,086
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13,040
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13,009
Piloted by a six-year-old girl, the godlike Skalm guards the Districts of TASC. Her family is long dead. Her adopted father is a synthetic copy of an alien, her nanny an artificial mind connected via subspace to every part of the globe, feeding the young girl information, finding prey to satiate her growing thirst. But the young girl is an innocent, a victim, one of millions the war has already claimed.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What a colossal waste of time Mr Moss!
- By Mary and Stephen on 02-23-16
- Fear the Future
- The Fear Saga, Book 3
- By: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
One of the most frustrating endings I’ve ever read
Reviewed: 01-25-18
Why did the author commit an atrocity against the two main protagonists. It is ok for not everything to have a happy ending, but you just don’t do what he did! Especially when it doesn’t even fit the character or the story arc. Pissed off that he ruined an awesome story
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The Ionian Mission
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 8
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Patrick Tull
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,884
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,581
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,566
Shoved into a temporary command in "that rotten old Worcester," Aubrey is off to the Mediterranean to join the Royal Navy's blockade of the French port of Toulon, where he will be dispatched by Admiral Harte (unfortunately the same Admiral Harte he cuckolded years ago) on a secret mission that promises to embroil Aubrey in political conflict. His friend Stephen's help notwithstanding, Aubrey faces some of the choppiest waters of his career.
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4 out of 5 stars
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...a plucking apart, a worrying to death.
- By Darwin8u on 03-16-17
- The Ionian Mission
- Aubrey/Maturin Series, Book 8
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Patrick Tull
My favorite book in my favorite series
Reviewed: 11-13-17
I love The Aubrey Maturin series. I have listened four times through and every time I pick up on nuances. The Ionian Mission has so many of my favorite details and anecdotes and I think it is my favorite book in the series
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